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World Wide Swim School holds a collection of helpful articles for techniques and tips on how to teach swimming, for swim teachers.

Developing Propulsion – Teaching Tips

Developing propulsion techniques from the arms and legs is important to help us move efficiently through the water. It is imperative however that before propulsive movements are taught, floating patterns are established and mastered. Encouraging propulsive movements before floating has been mastered will result in children struggling and thrashing through […]

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Maintaining the grasp reflex in learn to swim

Babies are born with a natural grasp reflex. They instinctively grasp and hold on tight to fingers, toys, clothing, and hair. In the swimming lesson we want to try to maintain the baby’s grasp reflex. In doing so, we build strength, independence and teach baby to support their own body […]

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Learn to Breathe in Swimming – Teaching Tips

Once children learn to breathe in swimming they become truly independent in the water. This independence is great for children’s confidence and self-esteem as they learn their capabilities in the water. While we want to foster children’s independence we need to make sure that the environment is safe for the child. […]

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Holding Baby in the Pool – Teaching Tips

One of the most looked over skills when teaching infants to swim, is holding the baby in the pool. The way the parent holds the child will have a huge bearing on how relaxed the child will be in the water. Therefore, it will determine how successful the learn-to-swim progression […]

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Learning the Butterfly Swimming Stroke

When teaching butterfly it is best to focus on isolating arm and leg movements. This is before utilising a number of butterfly stroke drills when it comes to learning the butterfly stroke. Here, we discuss ways to develop the correct full butterfly stroke. The first Olympic 200 meters butterfly gold […]

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